Sugar Ray Robinson
Welterweight and middleweight champion
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American boxer (1921–1989) widely regarded as the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in boxing history.
He held the world welterweight title and won the middleweight championship five times.
His name has become shorthand for boxing excellence: He moves like Sugar Ray Robinson.
The "Sugar" prefix, suggesting sweet skill, was later adopted by Sugar Ray Leonard.
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- pugilistProfessional fist fighter
- sweet scienceBoxing's elegant nickname
- Golden GlovesAmateur boxing championship
- championTop competitor, or advocate
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- 1940s SportsJoe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Joe Louis, Ben Hogan, World Series
- 1952 eventsHigh Noon, Mad magazine, Rocky Marciano
- Middleweight Boxingtitle belt, championship bout
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Outmatched fighter for hire
bum · palooka · club fighter · glass jaw · opponent
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Highest combat weight class
George Foreman · Muhammad Ali · Joe Louis · super heavyweight · Jack Johnson
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Powerful baseball batter
brawler · Rocky Marciano · George Foreman · plodder · puncher
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